DEEN – Teenage Dream (a J!-ENT World Groove CD Single Review)
March 27, 1997 by J!-ENT
With ZARD doing a cover of DEEN’s first single a few years ago, now it’s time for DEEN to do a cover song and their cover of Izumi Sakai’s “Teenage Dream” is absolutely wonderful. A solid, positive song and single that is definitely worth owning!
BAND: DEEN
CD SINGLE: Teenage Dream
LABEL: B-Gram Records
CATALOG #: JBDJ-1001
DURATION: 17:30
RELEASE DATE: March 27, 1995
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- Teenage dream
- Run Around
- Teenage dream [Original Karaoke]
- Run Around [Original Karaoke]
In 1992, the band known as DEEN was formed. Currently consisting of band members Shuichi Ikemori on vocals, Koji Yamane on keyboards, Shinji Tagawa on guitar and Naoki Uzumoto on drums, the four are part of the B-Gram Records Family and took the music charts by storm with their debut single “Konomama Kimidakewo Ubaui Saruritai” and led the group to a “Brand New Artist Award” in 1993.
The band has collaborated with another B-Gram Records band ZARD and their lead singer Izumi Sakai in the past (she did a Bossa Nova cover of their first single) and similar to ZARD, DEEN rarely makes any live appearances.
But in 1995, it was DEEN’s turn to do a cover of a ZARD song and this time it was Izumi Sakai’s “Teenage Dream” (which was featured as a coupling song on ZARD’s “Ai ga Mienai”). Needless to say, “Teenage Dream” was a major success. The song would be #1 on various charts and become one of DEEN’s top singles ever.
“Teenage Dream” which featured lyrics by Izumi Sakai and music by Setichiroh Kuribayashi and arrangement by Takeshi Hayama, is a song about having a friend and the dreams shared with that friend of going to a big city and becoming friends forever. If anything, the song is an encouraging song for those graduating high school or college and taking their first steps alone as an adult and going after their own dreams. But no matter what happens, your friend will be there for you, even if you succeed or if you fail.
The song features an awesome musical arrangement and is definitely one of my favorite DEEN songs ever.
The coupling song “Run Around” is written by Shuichi Ikemori and an arrangement by Takeshi Hayama. The pop song is good but in many ways, it sounds more like a song that seemed like it would be appropriate in 1989-1990 due to its older synth pop sound that was typical of music at that time. But it’s a good DEEN pop song but may sound a bit too old school for some people.
Overall, “Teenage Dream” (and its karaoke track) are probably what the listeners are probably are going to want. The song is awesome and a CD Single definitely worth purchasing!
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